Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it | Aditya Chakrabortty

<p>An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky</p><p>Who can stop Nigel Farage? Which voters would actually dig out their ID and schlep down to the polling booth to fight him?</p><p>Over the past year, these two questions have come to shape British politics. From Runcorn and Helsby to Caerphilly and Aberdeen South, via countless flimsy leaflets claiming “Only X can win here”, parties have jostled for the part of his majesty’s opposition to Reform. Those battles have given us Hannah Spencer and Andy Burnham; they have bulldozed Labour in Wales and forced Keir Starmer out of No 10.</p><p>Aditya Chakrabortty is a Guardian columnist</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/27/does-nigel-farage-know-what-people-really-think-of-him-i-do-and-he-wont-like-it">Continue reading...</a>